Chapter 23: No More Secrets

Hello. It's me! I'm finally back!!! That is if anyone wants me back considering it's been like four months since I've updated! Sorry about that but I did warn you that I would post chapters when I could and I haven't been able to until today. And don't worry, like I said before I WILL FINISH THIS STORY and no ITS NOT OVER YET!! But the end is close. Then I'll finally be able to post my Gohan and Videl high school fic (dealings with teen pregnancy; in other words Gohan getting Videl pregnant with Pan their senior year in high school.) It's a drama/romance/comedy so keep your eyes out for it. It's called The Story of Us. Anyway, enough of my rambling.ON WITH THE FIC!!!!!
No More Secrets
The car drive back to the Son residence was intense for everyone. There was an uncomfortable silence in both cars. Goku would steal a glance at Chichi every few minutes to try and figure out what was going on in her head.
*I hope this doesn't mean the end of us Chichi. I love you so much* He thought to himself, although he wished he could say it out loud. But he wasn't sure exactly what she was thinking. He knew that she was upset. Extremely upset. And he didn't want to make the situation worse by saying the wrong thing, especially with Gohan in the car. Gohan had fallen asleep on his grandpa's lap during the drive home.
Yamcha had a blank expression on his face as he followed Goku's car on the highway. No one would ever have guessed that he was upset until you saw that he was gripping the steering wheel so tight that his knuckles were turning white. Vivica made sure she kept her mouth shut. She couldn't believe this was happening. She was still in shock that she was pregnant and now Yamcha finds out that she lied about never sleeping with Goku and that he could be the baby's father, not him. And now they were going to have this big 'showdown' over everything that's happened.

*What am I going to do?* she thought to herself, just as Yamcha's voice interrupted her thoughts.
"Just tell me why Viv," he said in a chilling calm voice. He spoke so softly that she just barely heard him. She hesitated in responding wondering he was actually talking to her or to himself.

"ANSWER ME!!," he yelled so suddenly that she jumped in her seat. Almost instantly she felt tears welling up in her eyes and she began to sob. She knew she had hurt him and regretted it but it may be to late for regrets.
"I'm sorry," she said in a meek voice as she tried to choke back sobs. It was the only thing she could think of to say.
"You're sorry? YOU'RE SORRY!!! YOU SCREWED MY BEST FRIEND AND ALL YOU CAN SAY IS YOU'RE SORRY?!!!," he screamed at the top of his lungs as he subconsciously pressed the accelerator harder. Keeping the death grip on the steering wheel as he divided his attention between Vivica and the road. Vivica was beginning to feel afraid. She had never seen him this angry before.
"Yes! I admit it. I was sleeping with him but it was before me and you got together. I never slept with both of you at the same time. I never cheated on you," she said as tears continued to stream down her face.
"When we first starting seeing each other I asked you if you had sex with him and you told me no!! You said it never happened!!! You LIED to me!!"
"I was scared!"
"Scared of what!!"
"Of losing you!! I was afraid that you wouldn't want to be with me if you knew that I had slept with Goku. ," she said and sobbed into her hands.
"Don't you dare use that for an excuse!! You had no right to lie to me. Whether or not I could handle the fact that you slept with him was a decision for me to make!! Not for you to manipulate me so that you could get what you wanted!!," he shouted.
"I didn't want to hurt you Yamcha! You already had feelings for me by then and I didn't see the point in telling you something that I knew would hurt you! Especially when it was already over between Goku and me. Don't you understand?! I was trying to protect you!," she said as she now cried freely; unable to hold back any longer.
Chichi still hadn't spoken a word. They would be home in approximately 15 minutes and she was not looking forward to it. She felt drained; physically and emotionally. She didn't know how much more of this she could take. It seemed that every time things started going good between she and Goku a stumbling block would always appear in their path. And not just any stumbling block, it was a stumbling block that, at one point, was having an affair with her husband and now is potentially pregnant with his child.
"Will this nightmare ever go away?", she whispered to herself; or so she thought she whispered to herself but Goku heard every word.
"I'm sorry Chichi," he said back as glanced between her and the road.
"What do we do?," she asked as she turned in her seat to face him.

Goku looked at her for a moment trying to figure out what to say.
"I mean, if this baby is yours, what happens next? What happens to us? What do we tell Gohan? More importantly, how do we tell Gohan?," she said in low but urgent voice. She didn't want to wake up her son.
"Chichi, try and calm down. We shouldn't think that far ahead. We don't even know if in fact she is carrying my child"
"We have to think that far ahead!," she said a little to loudly because Gohan began to stir in the Ox Kings' lap. He to was already feeling a little uncomfortable being witness to such intimate and private issues going on in his daughter's life. When Chichi saw Gohan moving, she quickly lowered her voice.
"We have to think that far ahead," she repeated in loud whisper. "How are we going to explain to a five year old that he's going to have a brother or sister but Mommy's not the one having the baby, but Daddy is having a baby with another woman? And who are we going to tell him this other woman is? Daddy's mistress?," she said and covered her mouth with her hand trying to hold back a sob as tears began to swell in her eyes. "I don't know if I can take anymore of this Goku. It feels like I'm suffocating. I don't know how much more of this I can handle," she whispered as tears rolled down her cheeks.
It hurt Goku's heart to she Chichi that way. He took her hand and held.
"I'm so sorry about all this mess, but I promise we'll get through it. Just don't up on me Chichi. Don't give up on US. Please," he whispered as he took her hand he was holding and kissed it. "I love you," he repeated in the same soft voice and kissed it again, never taking his eyes off the road.
His words gave her some comfort and she gently squeezed his hand bringing some relief and hope to him; that she would stand by him and not leave him. Although he felt she had every right to wash her hands of the situation and walk away from him for good. He just hoped that their love would be strong enough to whether this storm.
Well, that's it for chapter 23. Hope you all enjoyed it!! And I posted it BEFORE Friday!!! Aren't you guys proud of me?! I'm working on chapter 24 as of Thursday so it probably won't be posted Friday, but I will post it sometime next week. Next chapter everything is exposed. And I mean EVERYTHING!!!! Will Yamcha stay with Vivica once he knows the truth? You'll have to wait to find out! Until next time!!!